Pin-fastener.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

I. REDLES.

PIN FAST-ENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1904.

. UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

ISABELLE REDLES, (NOW BY MARRIAGE ISABELLE R. SHILL,) OF SWARTHMORE PENNSYLVANIA.

PIN-FASTENER.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed May 16, 1904. Serial No. 208,230.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISABELLE REDLEs, (now by marriage ISABELLE R. SHILL,) a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Swarthmore, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im rovements in Pin-Fasteners, of which the fo lowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved form of pin fastener whereby a bow or other ornament may be readily and securely attached to a dress, hat or other article of wearing apparel, and my invention consists of a duplex pin fastener, comprising a pair of safety pins secured together, back to back, in line with or at a right or other angle with respect to each other, so that one may be caused to engage with a bow or other ornament, and the, other with a dress, hat or other article of wearing apparel to which said bow or other ornament 1s to be affixed; the convenient and secure retention of said bow or ornament in any position desired being thereby effected.

The improved pin fastener forming the subject of my invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figures 1 and 2, illustrate respectively different forms of a duplex pin fastener embodying my invention.

Each of the pins forming the duplex fastener shown in the drawing, consists of a substantially broad, fiat bar 1, terminating at one end in a pin 2, which extends rearwardly substantially parallel with said bar 1 the opposite end 3 of the latter being bent to form a shield or guard which acts as a retainer for the oint of the pin.

The two pins may'either occupy a position parallel with each other, as shown in Fig. 1, or they may be disposed at a right or other angle with respect to each other, as shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings, such latter disposition of the pins permitting the ready adjustment of a bow or other ornament to a dress, where the bow is not intended to lie parallel with the ortion to which it is attached and is particu arly desirable for use at the back of the neck; one pin being disposed in one position as most convenient to secure the collar or back of the waist, while the other pin affords proper support and attachment for a bow. 11 either instance, the pin engaging said bow or ornament serves as a stiffener to retain the same in its upstanding or other position.

The backs of the pins may be secured together by soldering or brazing, or, as shown in the drawings, by riveting. A single rivet is shown, and to prevent the pins from twisting out of their original positlon with respect to each other, the bar 10f one of the pins is shouldered by pressing up the projection 5, as shown in Fig. 1, or recessed at 6 to provide shoulders, as shown in Fig. 2.

While I prefer to employ the ordinary form of safety pin, without hinge, in carrying out my invention, I wish the term safety pin to be construed broadly enough to cover any pin whose point engages with a shield or retainer, whether such pin is hinged, as shown at 7 in Fig. 1, or is integral with the back, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim:

1. In a duplex pin fastener, the combination of a pair of independent safety pins each having a broad flat back, and means passing through said backs for securing them together with their broadest area in contact. the back of one pin being shouldered for engagement with the back of the other pin.

2. In a duplex pin fastener, the combination of a pair of independent safety pins each having a broad. flat back, means passing through said backs for securing them together with their broadest area in contact, and means carried by one pin and independent of the securing means for retaining said pins in planes transverse to each other, said retaining means serving also to prevent the movement of either pin with respect to the other.

3. In a duplex pin fastener, the combination of a pair of independent safety pins each having a substantially broad, flat back, and means for securing said backs together with their broadest area in contact, the back of one pin being recessed to provide shoulders for engagement with the back of the other pin to prevent turning movement of one pin with respect to the other.

1. In a duplex pin fastener, the combination of a pairof independent safety pins each having a substantially broad, flat back, and name to'this specification, in the presence of means for securing said backs together With two subscribing Witnesses.

their broadest area in contact, the back of one pin being shouldered for engagement with ISABELLE REDLES' 5 the back of the other pin, said pins being dis- Witnesses:

posed in planes transverse to one another. WALTER CHIsM,

Jos. H. KLEIN.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 

